If you’re using Safari on macOS or iOS, download Vinegar for YouTube (and Baking Soda for other websites). It switches videos to the native player and skips ads (and autoplay). It also sets the quality to whatever you prefer (Best, in my case). Makes mobile YouTube so much better.

[–] Chev@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

There are tools for everything mentioned, to make it a good user experience. Just need to ask.

[–] moshtradamus666@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Use Ublock Origin and you'll be fine.

[–] Masterblaster@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

oh, i'm totally over it. it's so liberating to not care about their shitty little digital hell they've created. this and discord are literally the only places I interact with people on the internet.

[–] psmgx@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yarrrrrrrrr brother.

Or just start paying for content to people / orgs deserving of it

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[–] Dehydrated@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

There are solutions for all of these issues. You can use alternative frontends like Invidious or Piped, dedicated desktop apps like FreeTube or NewPipe and Libretube on Android to access YouTube without ads or tracking. You can also use throwaway email addresses to access websites that demand your email and there are privacy frontends for most social media sites (e.g. Libreddit for the site that shouldn't be named, Nitter for the other site that shouldn't be named, Proxitok for Tiktok, Proxigram for Instagram, etc.)

[–] may_nya@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago

web 2 alienation

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